EP2062520A2 - Distributeur d'agents de nettoyage pour une machine de nettoyage domestique, en particulier un lave-vaisselle - Google Patents

Distributeur d'agents de nettoyage pour une machine de nettoyage domestique, en particulier un lave-vaisselle Download PDF

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EP2062520A2
EP2062520A2 EP08169520A EP08169520A EP2062520A2 EP 2062520 A2 EP2062520 A2 EP 2062520A2 EP 08169520 A EP08169520 A EP 08169520A EP 08169520 A EP08169520 A EP 08169520A EP 2062520 A2 EP2062520 A2 EP 2062520A2
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Daniele Cerruti
Marco Moro
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/44—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants
    • A47L15/4418—Devices for adding cleaning agents; Devices for dispensing cleaning agents, rinsing aids or deodorants in the form of liquids
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents

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  • the present invention relates to dispensers of washing agents for household washing machines and has been developed with particular reference to dispensers for dishwashers.
  • Dispensers of washing agents for dishwashers are normally provided for delivery of at least two different washing agents, one usually in the form powder or of a tablet and the other in the form of a liquid. Also known are in any case dispensers provided for delivery of a liquid substance only.
  • the body of the dispenser defines inside it a reservoir for containing the liquid washing agent, in an amount sufficient to perform a plurality of cycles of operation by the machine.
  • the dispenser is moreover provided with means for dividing the total amount of liquid agent contained in the reservoir into doses in order to deliver them individually at the appropriate moment in the course of a treatment cycle.
  • the reservoir Following upon use of the dishwasher, the reservoir must be periodically topped up and for this purpose it has a charging passage, generally shaped as a pipe that opens on the front of the body of the dispenser.
  • the passage is provided for receiving at least partially a removable plug, of a generally cylindrical shape.
  • the plug and the passage are provided with means for mutual coupling that enable the plug to be kept in a blocking position, in which the charging passage is hermetically closed.
  • the plug can be turned manually by the user of the machine in order to bring the aforesaid coupling means into a respective condition of release, in which the plug itself can be removed from the passage. Once the plug has been removed, the charging passage can be used for adding new liquid washing agent in the reservoir.
  • the plug In order to enable a hermetic closing of the tank, the plug is provided with an annular gasket, designed to co-operate with a corresponding sealing surface defined in the body of the dispenser, for example, within the charging passage.
  • the coupling means which are usually of the bayonet-coupling type or possibly of the threaded type, enable precise coupling and tightening of the plug with respect to the charging passage in such a way that the aforesaid gasket co-operates in an effective way with respect to the aforesaid sealing surface.
  • dispensers in which the passage for charging the reservoir with the liquid washing agent can be opened and closed by a hatch, instead of by a removable plug, said hatch being hinged to the body of the dispenser so as to be able to turn about a substantially horizontal axis, or in any case an axis substantially parallel to the front of the body of the dispenser.
  • This hatch is equipped, on its internal face, with a seat for a sealing gasket, which is usually annular and is designed to co-operate in a fluid-tight way on a peripheral lip of the charging passage.
  • engagement/disengagement means which can be operated manually by the user.
  • the hatch has in fact the points of hinging and engagement in closing that are at a distance from one another (typically at the two opposite ends of the hatch), as well as at a distance from the sealing region provided by the gasket, which is mounted in the intermediate part of the hatch.
  • This configuration together with the typical reduced thickness (approximately 2 mm) of the body made of plastic material of the hatch, can give rise to non-uniform bending and/or yielding and/or compression of the gasket resting on the corresponding sealing surface.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser of washing agents for a household washing machine, in particular a dishwasher, which enables a solution to the drawbacks recalled above in relation to the prior art in a simple and economically advantageous way.
  • FIG. 1 designated as a whole by 1 is a household washing machine provided with a device for dispensing washing agents according to the present invention.
  • the machine 1 is a dishwasher, comprising a cabinet 2 defined inside which is a treatment tank or chamber 3.
  • the dishwasher 1 comprises a front door 4, hinged in its lower part to the cabinet 2, so as to turn according to a substantially horizontal axis, in such a way that the internal face 4a of the door itself provides the front wall of the tank 3.
  • the machine 1 comprises all the elements normally known for its operation, which will not be described herein, as well as - instead of a traditional dispenser of washing agents - a dispenser provided according to the teachings of the present invention, designated as a whole by 10.
  • the dispenser 10 is mounted in a stationary position on the counter-door 4a, at least partially set-in in an opening provided for said purpose.
  • the invention can in any case be applied also to dispensers having a configuration different from the one represented.
  • the dispenser 10 has been represented in isolation.
  • the dispenser 10 comprises a body designated as a whole by 11, for example, formed by two parts or half-shells made of thermoplastic material fixed or welded to one another, with modalities in themselves known.
  • the dispenser 10 also comprises a system of actuation provided for delivering at least two different washing agents, which, in the example considered herein, are a detergent in the solid form (for example, in powder form or in a tablet) and an additive in the fluid form, in particular a liquid washing agent, such as a liquid rinse aid or lustering agent.
  • the body 11 defines, in its front part, a cavity designed to contain a dose of the detergent, which is not visible in the figures in so far as it is covered by a usual tippable hatch, designated by 12.
  • the aforesaid reservoir is designated as a whole by 13 in Figures 2-3 , as well as in the cross-sectional views represented in Figures 8-14 .
  • the invention is described herein by way of example with reference to the case in which the reservoir 13 is designed to contain a rinse aid, but the invention is equally applicable also to the case of dispensers having one or more reservoirs provided with plugs and designed to receive a fluid substance different from a rinse aid, such as a liquid detergent, a bleaching agent, a detergent in the form of gel or foam, etc.
  • washing agents in addition to detergent substances and lustering agents, also further substances that can be used in household washing machines, such as softening agents, perfumes, substances for preventing the colours from running, water-softening agents and anti-lime substances, disinfectants, etc., as well as all the other substances or fluid products designed to be dispensed in a washing machine.
  • the reservoir 13 is in fluid communication with a corresponding charging passage, designated as a whole by 14 in Figure 3 , which can be engaged by a plug, designated as a whole by 20, the passage 14 opening onto the front of the dispenser 10.
  • the reference number 15 designates an opening for delivery of the lustering agent
  • the reference number 16 designates an optical indicator of the level of rinse aid inside the reservoir 13.
  • the optical indicator 16 and, as has been said, the system for delivery of the lustering agent through the opening 15 can be of any known type, and consequently will not be described herein.
  • the dosage system includes preferably a member for volumetric adjustment of the doses of lustering agent that can be delivered, which is of a conception and operation in itself known and is designated as a whole by 30 in Figure 4 .
  • the passage 14 and the plug 20 have means for mutual coupling, which, in a corresponding condition of engagement, are designed to maintain the plug in a position of fluid-tight sealing of the passage.
  • the plug 20 can be manually operated to bring the aforesaid coupling means into a corresponding condition of release, in which the plug itself can be extracted from the passage 14 in order to enable introduction of the lustering agent into the reservoir 13.
  • connection means operatively set between the plug 20 and the dispenser 10 - i.e., its body 11 and/or one of the components associated stably to said body, such as, for example, the member 30 - are connection means, designated as a whole by 40 in Figure 3 , which are provided for keeping the plug 20 mechanically connected to the dispenser 10 even following upon removal of the plug 20 from the passage 14.
  • the passage 14 is shaped like a conduit axially extended and made up of a number of portions with circular cross section, which is configured for receiving at least partially inside it the plug 20.
  • the passage 14 has, at its upper end, a portion 14a generally shaped like a truncated cone or flared towards the inside of the passage, defining a sealing surface, preferably circular and without interruptions.
  • the portion 14a (as viewed in the figures) the passage 14 then has a first portion and a second portion of a generally cylindrical shape, designated by 14b and 14c, the portion 14c having a smaller diameter than the portion 14b, and projecting at least partially therein is the volumetric adjustment member 30.
  • a step having an annular surface or band 14d which is substantially parallel to the front of the body 11.
  • Formed in the cylindrical portion 14b are two portions in relief 17, in diametrally opposite positions and projecting substantially radially towards the inside of the passage 14, which form part of a bayonet-coupling system that provides the aforesaid means for mutual coupling between the passage 14 and the plug 20.
  • the plug has a body 21, preferably made of a single piece by moulding of thermoplastic material.
  • the top part of the plug has a generally flange-shaped portion, designated by 22 (see also Figure 2 ), concentric with respect to a blind cavity, which is closed at the bottom by a wall 23, said cavity being traversed in a diametral direction by a wall 24, which provides a means of gripping and/or actuation of the plug.
  • the lower part of the body 21 of the plug 20 is hollow and is defined peripherally by a cylindrical wall 25, formed in which, in diametrally opposite positions, are two seats or guides 26 for engagement of the portions in relief 17.
  • these guides 26 belonging to the aforesaid bayonet-coupling system, is not described herein, in so far they can be of any known type.
  • the guides 26 preferably comprise at least one respective inclined surface.
  • a cylindrical region Further provided between the cylindrical wall 25 and the flange portion 22 is a cylindrical region, which defines a positioning seat for a sealing gasket 27 (see also the cross sections represented in Figures 8-14 ).
  • the gasket 27 is here represented as being of the O-ring type, i.e., of the circular type, preferably made of elastomeric material.
  • connection means 40 are operatively set between the body 11 of the dispenser and the plug 20.
  • the connection means 40 are substantially of an articulated type, particularly of the hinge type, with a fixed hinge part and a movable hinge part.
  • the fixed hinge part is integral with the body 11 of the dispenser 10 and comprises a cavity, designated as a whole by 41 in Figure 5 , which is formed peripherally with respect to the passage 14 so as to face inside the latter and is provided with at least one seat for a respective hingepin.
  • the cavity 41 is delimited at the sides by two opposite walls 41a of the body 11, formed in each of which is a seat for receiving a hingepin.
  • Figure 5 Visible in Figure 5 is just one of these seats, designated by 42, but it is to be taken into account that the seat 42 that is not visible is set facing the first, the two seats 42 being set according to one and the same axis.
  • the cavity 41 is formed - substantially in a radial direction with respect to the passage 14 - underneath the seal portion 14a, and is here prevalently made in the cylindrical portion 14b of the passage 14.
  • the sealing surface defined by the portion 14a is integral, i.e., does not present any discontinuity, and thus able to operate in a fluid-tight way or to couple with the entire circular profile of the gasket 27.
  • the aforesaid movable hinge part comprises a movable member designated as a whole by 43 in Figures 4 and 5 .
  • the movable member 43 has a substantially C-shaped portion 44, i.e., one distinguished by two curved end regions 44a and 44b, preferably with an intermediate rectilinear stretch 44c between them (the stretch 44c could consequently be omitted).
  • a first end (44a) of the portion 44 identifies a region of rotatable fixing of the member 43 to the body 11 of the dispenser 10, and defined in said region is at least one hingepin.
  • a single pin is provided, designated by 45 in Figure 5 , which is formed integrally in the member 43 and the two cylindrical ends of which are designed to be fitted in the seats 42 of the cavity 41 so as to couple rotatably the movable hinge part to the fixed hinge part, the axis of rotation being substantially perpendicular to the axis of the passage 14, designated by A.
  • the pin 45 can possibly be replaced by an added or separate component, or else by two distinct coaxial pins, projecting from opposed areas of the end region of the portion 44 of the member 43, or else again be replaced by any other element designed to enable at least an angular or rotating movement for the member 43.
  • the member 43 has then a generally flattened and longitudinally extended portion 46, joined to the second end region 44b of the portion 44, said portion 46 identifying a region of fixing of the movable member 43 to the plug 20.
  • the plug 20 is secured in a movable way to the movable member 43, in order to enable the plug itself to be at least rotated according to its own axis, designated by B.
  • the movable member 43 has an engagement seat designed to withhold in a movable way an element for fixing the plug.
  • the aforesaid engagement seat is shaped substantially as a slot extending longitudinally, designated by 46a, provided in the flattened portion 46 of the movable member 43.
  • the aforesaid fixing element is instead substantially configured as an axial pin of the plug 20, designated by 47.
  • the aforesaid pin 47 extends starting from the wall 23 of the body 21 of the plug, substantially in a central position with respect to said wall 23 and substantially coaxial to the cylindrical wall 25.
  • the pin 47 is substantially mushroom-shaped; i.e., it has a cylindrical stem 47a and a head 47b widened with respect to the stem, preferably of a flared or pointed shape, i.e., a shape designed to facilitate the operations of assembly, also as a result of the partial elasticity of the components, which are preferably made of thermoplastic material.
  • the pin 47 is fitted into the slot 46a of the member 43, with the head 47b that guarantees maintenance of the condition of engagement between the parts.
  • the type of coupling is such that the plug 20 is able to turn about its own axis B, and that this axis B can translate with respect to the member 43, given that the pin 47 is able to slide within the slot 46a.
  • the axis of rotation of the member 43 is substantially orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the slot 46a, and is also orthogonal to the axis A of the passage 14, it being possible however also to envisage more or less marked inclinations or angles between said axes and/or directions.
  • the member 43 can be provided with a pin similar to the pin 47 of the plug 20, whilst the plug 20 can be provided with a slot-shaped seat similar to the slot 46a of the connection element 43, which can be coupled to one another.
  • Figure 6 illustrates the typical condition of closing of the plug 20.
  • the plug 20 is set within the passage 14, in a position such that the bayonet-coupling system represented by the portions in relief 17 and by the guides 26 (see Figures 4 and 5 ) is in the blocking condition.
  • the plug 20 closes the passage 14 in a fluid-tight way.
  • the gasket 27 rests and is compressed on the flared sealing surface 14a of the passage 14, and the member 43 is in a first end position.
  • the user In order to pass into the condition of release of the plug 20 with respect to the passage 14, the user simply has to act manually on the plug itself, for example holding it between two fingers in an area corresponding to a diametral wall 24 thereof ( Figure 2 ) and imparting on the plug a rotation about its own axis. Said angular movement determines release of the bayonet-coupling system. This situation is illustrated in Figures 7 and 9 . It will be appreciated that the plug 20 has a first degree of freedom of movement with respect to the movable member 43, the plug being able in fact to turn about its own axis with respect to said member, albeit within the passage 14.
  • Figures 10-14 illustrate successive conditions of the movement of removal of the plug 20 from the passage 14.
  • certain components of the dispenser are not represented, such as the adjustment member 30. From these figures, it is possible to note how the cavity 41 extends at least in part underneath the sealing surface 14a, with reference to the direction of introduction of the plug 20 into the passage 14, as well as how the axis of rotation provided by the pin 45 of the movable hinge part 43 is located on the outside of the passage 14.
  • Figure 10 highlights how the plug 20 is allowed a second degree of freedom with respect to the member 43, in an axial direction with respect to the pin 47. From said figure, it may in fact be appreciated how the plug 20 can be raised axially or vertically within the passage 14, without necessarily causing any movement or interference with the member 43. This second degree of freedom is evidently allowed by the axial extension of the pin 47.
  • the head of the pin 47 comes into contact with the surface of the flattened part 46 of the movable member 43, and the latter is induced as a whole to rise or else to rotate according to the axis defined by the hingepin 45.
  • the plug 20 is still partially inserted in the cylindrical portion 14b of the passage 14, but the plug itself is allowed a third degree of freedom with respect to the movable member 43. From Figure 11 it may be appreciated, in fact, how the portion 46 of the member 43 can be inclined with respect to the pin 47. Also this third degree of freedom is allowed by the axial extension of the pin 47.
  • Figure 12 illustrates a subsequent moment, in which the plug 20 is practically disengaged from the passage 14. Reaching of the position illustrated is allowed thanks to the further angular movement of the movable member 43 about the hingepin 45.
  • the plug 20 has a fourth degree of freedom with respect to the member 43, given that the pin 47 is able to slide within the slot 46a, substantially from its first end ( Figure 11 ) as far as the opposite end ( Figure 12 ), or in intermediate positions, and hence with the plug 20 that can be displaced substantially parallel to the member 43, or at least to a portion 46 thereof.
  • This fourth degree of freedom also enables displacement of the plug 20 so as to overcome possible further obstacles, which are also constituted by the portions or profiles themselves of the body 11 of the dispenser 10.
  • the plug 20 could assume positions different from those described and illustrated purely by way of example in Figures 10-14 .
  • the plug 20 is in any case constrained to the dispenser 10 (to its body 11, in the example of embodiment), via the connection means 40. From Figures 4 and 14 it will be moreover appreciated that, in the end-of-travel position of the articulated-connection means 40 or else in the position of maximum opening of the plug 20, the latter comes to occupy, and is kept in, a respective position of non-encumbrance, i.e., outside the region of the passage 14, and preferably at least in part on the outside of the front perimetral profile of the body 11 so as to not constitute a hindrance to the operations of topping-up with the rinse aid.
  • a respective position of non-encumbrance i.e., outside the region of the passage 14, and preferably at least in part on the outside of the front perimetral profile of the body 11 so as to not constitute a hindrance to the operations of topping-up with the rinse aid.
  • the aforesaid end-of-travel position or position of maximum opening can advantageously be determined by the interference between the member 43 - and in particular its curved part 44a - with the body 11 of the dispenser within the passage 14, a little underneath the sealing surface defined by the portion 14a (see in particular Figure 14 ).
  • the aforesaid position could be determined by the fact that the plug rests on or interferes with parts of the dispenser and/or of the washing machine.
  • the charging passage 14 is preferably completely free from the plug 20, and the user can pour in the rinse aid, for example up to filling the reservoir 13, which can be detected through the level indicator 16.
  • the user simply has to move the plug 20 in an opposite way to the one illustrated in the sequence of Figures 6-14 , bringing the plug within the passage 14, thus obtaining insertion of the portions in relief 17 in the inlet of the guides 26 and then imparting on the plug an angular movement about its own axis in order to produce a new coupling of the bayonet-coupling system.
  • the means 40 that constrain the plug 20 mechanically to the body 11 of the dispenser 10 are of a "hide-away" type, i.e., configured so that they are hidden from view and/or in a protected position when the plug 20 is in the respective condition of closing of the passage 14, as may be appreciated from an examination of Figures 3 , 6 and 8 .
  • the means 40 are in part hidden via the plug 20 and in part received in the cavity 41. In addition to enabling a pleasant aesthetic effect of the dispenser 10, this characteristic prevents the presence of elements of encumbrance towards the inside of the tank 3 of the machine, moreover preventing the constraint means 40 from possibly being accidentally damaged.
  • the sealing surface defined by the portion 14a is without any discontinuity.
  • the gasket 27 can perform an effective seal in an area corresponding to the charging passage 14.
  • the seal that can be secured via a plug with gasket is of a quality, reliability, and constancy that are decidedly greater as compared to the known solutions mentioned in the introductory part of the present description, in which a gasket is carried by a hatch hinged to the body of the dispenser.
  • the plug with gasket has a sturdy structure, is not subject to bending or yielding, and has points of fixing or coupling located in the immediate vicinity of the seal element.
  • connection means can be shaped also in a way different from the one described and illustrated by way of example. It is pointed out in particular that the rotatable coupling between the member 43 within the cavity 41 can be at least in part opposite to the one described, i.e., with the member 43 that defines at least one seat for receiving a respective hingepin, the latter being defined inside the cavity 41.
  • the movable hinge part can comprise, instead of a single component 43, a number of distinct items, which are also articulated with one another and/or with respect to the plug 20 and/or to the dispenser 10.
  • connection means instead of comprising one or more substantially rigid members, could advantageously comprise at least one element made of elastic or flexible material - for example, a plastic material or an elastomer -, which is also configured as element or part with reduced thickness (for example, defining integrally a hinge of the type defined as "living hinge").
  • the body 21 of the plug 20 is preferably made of a single piece of thermoplastic material so as to integrate also the pin 47.
  • the pin 47 can be configured as an additional part.
  • the coupling means between the plug and the movable member that represents the movable hinge part can be different from the ones illustrated by way of example, but preferably once again configured with a view to enabling displacement of the plug between two angular positions in order to produce coupling and release of the means that withhold the plug itself in the position of fluid-tight sealing.
  • the means for mutual coupling between the plug and the charging passage are of a threaded type, instead of being of the bayonet-coupling type, or yet again ones of a press-block-coupling or snap-action-coupling type.
  • the charging passage instead of being configured as pipe that extends towards the inside of the body of the dispenser, can also be of a type different from the one illustrated, and for example comprise a tubular part projecting towards the outside, on which the plug can be engaged with a bayonet system, threaded or of the press-block-coupling type.
  • the plug 20 has been described with reference to a constraint or connection with respect to the body 11 of the dispenser 10, but any connection of the plug 20 to other parts or components belonging or associated to the dispenser are to be considered as forming part of the invention.
  • the plug 20 can be connected or constrained to the adjustment member 30, the mechanical connection or constraint being preferably such as to enable movements of the plug 20 with respect to the member 30.

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